Handbag



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Mthgs Patented July 29, 1952 7 HANDBAG I 7: William J. Reilly, Attleboro, Massg assignor' to .Evans Case 00., a corporation of Massachusetts Application January 29, 1949, Serial d. 73:,601

This invention relates to a handbag of the type carriedby awoman for containing various articles of utility which are carried by a woman. Handbags have been variously formed heretofore with pockets for containing a purse, mirror, or other articles, which pockets are usually formed as an integral part of the bag and are readily in view that they may be accessible to the user.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a handbag having a pocket which will be concealed from view in the usual use of the handbag.

Another object of this invention is to provide a handbag which will have a removable unit which is attached to the wall of the handbag and which when in position will conceal the pocket in the wall of the handbag along which it extends.

Another object of this invention is to utilize a part of the attaching means for the removable unit as a part of the closure means for the unit when removed from the bag.

Another object of this invention is to provide a removable unit which in effect is a part of the handbag but which will carry the different useful articles which may be used by a woman, keeping them together in the handbag in an orderly location and which unit may be removed from the handbag that the same articles may be conveniently carried in the unit for evening clothes use, when a smaller unit would be carried by the woman.

Another object of this invention is to provide a removable unit having a wall which may tuck beneath the inwardly folded portion of the bag so that its edges are concealed from view, that it may more effectively hide the pocket in the wall section of the bag along which it extends.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bag in closed position;

Figure 2 is a perspective view with parts of the bag broken away to better show the construction of the novel features of the bag;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the unit which is contained within the bag as removed therefrom and in open position as it is positioned in the bag; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the unit of Figure 3 shown in closed position.

In proceeding with this invention I provide a bag formed of two sections which are hinged together and which may clasp to close the bag. A

1 Claim. (Cl. 150- -34) web portion which may fold into the interior of- I the bag usually extends between the sections.

Within the bag and along the interior wall ofone of the sections 1 have provided a pocket and- "also i in the bag I have provided a separable unit consisting of spacedwalls, one of which is of a height to just contain the articles intended to .be held in the unit, while the other wall extends upw'ardlyto a substantial extent-beyond the short wall-andfits over theinner surface of the section o'f' the' bag having the pocket and "under the foldd-in bellows portion of the section so as'to appear as an' integral part of the bag, the wall being of such extent as to hide the pocket in the above mentioned section and be attached in the bag to cover this inner surface bysome detachable means, a

part of which is carried by the upstanding wall of the unit and a part of which is carried by a tab on the bag, the part of the fastening means which is attached to the unit also having a complemental part on the short wall of the unit so as to hold this upstanding wall in covering relation to the unit when removed therefrom.

With reference to the drawings, 10 designates generally the handbag which is provided with handles II and [2 attached to sections l4 and [5 of the handbag, each section comprising a metal frame l6, which frames are hinged as at H at their opposite ends. Each section also comprises an enclosing wall [8 having inner and outer surfaces with bellows type side walls l9 between these enclosing walls and the frame. There is also a web portion 20 which extends between the frame sections from the hinge upwardly about half way of one of the legs of the metal frame for enclosing the contents of the bag and limiting the opening movement of the section. A clasp designated generally 2| is mounted upon one of the metal frame sections [6 having an operating handle 22 to clasp with the opposite metal frame section It and hold the bag in closed position, as shown in Figure 1.

A pocket, provided by a wall 25 the entrance to which is at edge 26, is formed on the inner surface of the enclosing wall l8 of the section [4 and extends from wall IE to wall [9 the full width of the bag. This pocket is concealed by an insert which comprises a utensil unit 2'! (see Figs. 3 and 4) having a front wall 28 and a back wall 29-. which walls are connected together by end walls 30 and a bottom wall 3|, which bottom wall may be of the same piece of material as the front and back walls. This construction permits of a spacing between the walls 28 and 29 to form a pocket 32 of substantial width for containing different prising a stud 40 secured on the wall 29 and a socket 4| secured on the inner surface of the tab 42 which is fixed to the wall 18 and extends downwardly over the top marginal edge of the wall 29,-.

thus detachably securing the unit 21 in the bag.

If it is desired to remove the unit 27 from the bag, it is merely necessary to unclasp the separable fastener 40 and lift the unit 21 from the bag, thus exposing the concealed pocket 25. If it is desired to use this unit 21 as a separate parcel by itself, the stud portion of the fastener 40 may be brought down into engagement with'a socket portion of a fastener 43 which corresponds to the socket 41 so that the wall 29 may act as a cover forthe utensils which are positioned within the pocket-32 to maintain them in position.

I claim:

A- handbag having a containing wall, a utensil unit in said bag provided with a pair of walls to form: a pocket, one ofsaid walls being flexible and of a length to extend over the top of the pocket and along the overlapped other wall to provide acoverfor the unit, a fastener to hold the cover closed, comprising one part on the cover and the other part on" the wall overlapped, said cover extending upwardly along the wall of the bag. a tab at the upper edge Of the wall along which the cover extends carrying a fastener part which is a duplicate of that on the overlapped pocket wall, securing said cover to the wall of the bag section to suspendingly detachably secure said unit thereto with its pocket open whereby said pocket unit may, be detached and the unit removed from the bag and closed- WILLIAM J. REILLY.

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